Kaywa biography for kids

Ten years ago, his signature tune was, ‘I no know what I go talk oo Ka sɛ Kaywa’ and those words worked magic for people resulting in a large following.

Cyclanthera pedata , known as caigua , is a herbaceous vine grown for its edible fruit , which is predominantly used as a vegetable. It is known from cultivation only, and its use goes back many centuries as evidenced by ancient phytomorphic ceramics from Peru depicting the fruits. Not known in the wild, but presumably native to the Andes where it has been traditionally cultivated.

Cyclanthera pedata is a vine that can be 12 m long; the stems are thin; and the leaves can be up to 24 cm long, palmate or pedate in shape. The small flowers can be greenish or white and are borne in racemes.

The Chief Executive Producer of Highly Spiritual Music, David Kojo Kyei, popularly known as Kaywa has shared what has kept him going for over 20 years in the music .

The fruit is light green, ovoid, curved, up to 15 cm long, almost hollow except for the seeds and a thin flesh layer , with smooth skin or sometimes covered in soft spines; the seeds are black. Cyclanthera pedata is grown at small scale farming in mountain areas of Mexico, Central America and South America. It is sometimes cultivated in Asia.

This species can be grown in mountain areas up to , being adapted to cool temperatures. Known in the Andes as caigua or caihua possibly from Quechua kaywa ; also as achocha possibly from Quechua achuqcha. In English it is named stuffing cucumber or slipper gourd. In Costa Rica it is called Jaiva. In Darjeeling, India, it is called Chuchay Karela.

The fruits are eaten after removing the seeds and stuffing them with other foods like rice or meat, and then cooking them. Young shoots and leaves can also be eaten as greens.